Door frame for railway hopper cars



March 18, 1952 w. E. WINE DOOR FRAME FOR RAILWAY HOPPER CARS 2SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed March 16, 1948 S HOG/M4426 March 18, 1952 w. E.WINE DOOR FRAME FOR RAILWAY HOPPER CARS 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed March 16,1948 3 wu Mm WILL/HM E; W NE;

aka-mp Patented Mar. 18, 1952 DOOR FRAME FOR RAILWAY HOPPER CARS WilliamE. Wine, Parker, Va.

Application March 16, 1948, Serial No. 15,204

3 Claims.

My invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to doorframes for railway hopper cars- 1 The principal object of my inventionis to provide an effective door frame for a hopper of a railway carwhich i formed of an upper member or hinge buttand a rolled angularmember which forms the bottom and sides of the frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hopper car door framewhich is made of a top member and a rolled member forming the remainderof the frame, with sealing flanges arranged at the corners of the framefor cooperating with the door to effect closure of the door op g.

A primary feature of the invention consists in providing a door framefor a railway hopper car with an angular member which has a leg adaptedto be secured to side and bottom sheets of the hopper and terminates inan outwardly project-. ing flange forming a sealing flange forcooperating with a door pivotally associated with the frame, the sealingflange being severed from the leg defining the outer side of the frameat the upper portion thereof and being curved inwardly to be welded tothe adjacent end portion of the outwardly projecting flange of a hingebutt.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing a door frame ofthe construction indicated where the outwardly projecting flange of thehinge butt is notched at opposite ends and the sealing flanges aresevered from the leg of the other member of the frame adjacent the uppercorners of the frame, said severed portions being curved inwardly andbeing butt welded to the notched ends of the flange of the hinge butt.

A further feature of the invention consists in providing the door framewith plates in the upper corners of the frame beneath the inwardlycurved sealing flange's.

Other and more specific features of the invention, residing inadvantageous forms, combinations and relations of parts, willhereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a railway hopper car showing myinvention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the upper outer corner of the frame asviewed perpendicularly to the frame.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1additionally showing in cross section a pivotally mounted door.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

As the hoppers on opposite sides of the center sill are identical theinvention is shown as applied to but a single hopper.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a center sill of usual construction havinga top web 2, horizontal leg 3 and an outwardly projecting lower flange4. As seen in Figure 1, principally in dotted lines, the sides andbottom of the hopper may be conveniently formed from a continuous sheet5. Immediately above the door opening the hopper sheet 5 merge into across ridge sheet 6.

The hopper door frame forming the invention consists of two principalmembers, namely, (1) a transversely extending hinge butt 1 which formsthe upper part of the door frame, and (2) a rolled member 8 which formsthe sides and bottom of the hopper frame. Where the hinge butt adjoinsthe center sill, it may advantageously be riveted thereto as indicatedat 9. The hinge butt is of somewhat conventional form having anupstanding flange it which may be secured in any suitable manner, notshown, to the cross ridge sheet and a flange I l which projectsoutwardly therefrom and terminates in approximately the same plane asthe other sealing flanges (to be hereinafter described) of the doorframe.

The rolled angular member 8 consists of a flange l2 which is arrangedsubstantially perpendicular 1y to the hopper sheets and a flange or legl3 by which it may be riveted, as indicated at [4, or otherwise securedto the side and bottom sheets of the hopper. The flange I3 continuesoutwardly beyond the hopper sheets and terminates in a sealing flange l5for cooperating with inwardly projecting flanges l6 of a door I! whichis adaptedv to be pivotally associated with the hopper frame, the doorbeing only shown in Figure Bin section.

In order that the inner hopper side sheet may be disposed closelyadjacent the outer end of the lower flange 4 of the center sill, theflange 12 is notched, as indicated at I8. The door flanges l6 whichpreferably terminate in laterally extending marginal flanges l9 are alsonotched as at 20 to clear the bottom flange of the center sill as thedoor swings to and from closed position.

At its lower corners member 8 instead of being bent abruptly is curvedso that the sealing flange l5 thereof at those corners also curvesgently to enable a pressed door having inwardly extending flanges toreadily cooperate therewith.

To likewise provide the upper corners of the frame with curved sealingflanges with which a pressed door having inwardly projecting flanges mayeffectively cooperate, the sealing flanges adjacent both upper cornersof the frame are sever d flange l3. These severed sealing flanges arecurved inwardly into notches 22 formed in opposite ends of the outwardlyprojecting flange I l of the hinge butt. The notches are of such depththat, as indicated above, the outer edge of flange I I is insubstantially the same plane as the outer edges of the sealing flanges.The remaining 'unbent portion of flange l3 as well as flange 8 arewelded to the hinge butt I, as indicated at 23.

Plates 24 are respectively secured in the upper corners of the framebeneath file inwardly curved portions 25 of the sealing flanges. Theseplates are welded in the notches 22., as indicated at 2B, and they arealso welded to the under side of adjacent portions of the sealingflanges as indicated at 21, as well as to the adjacent unbent portion ofleg l3, as indicated at 28. Thus,

where the sealing flanges are bent inwardly, the plates 24 effectivelyclose openings which would the embodiment of the invention illustratedwithout departing from the spiritand scope of the invention as definedin the appended claims.

WhatI claim is: 7 r 1. A-door frame for a railway hopper car including ahinge butt member having an outwardly projecting flange, said flangeengaging the upper portion of a cooperating door pivotally associatedwith said frame, and an .angular member secured to said hinge butt andforming the sides and bottom of the frame, said angular member having aleg adapted to be secured to side and bottom sheets of a hopper andterminating in an outwardly projecting portion affording with the flangeof said hinge butt a sealing flange for cooperating with the said door,said outwardly projecting flange of said angular,

member being disposed inwardly of the portion of said angular memberforming the-outer side of the frame, said sealing flange being severedfrom each leg adjacent the outer upper corner of said frame and beingcurved inwardly, the inner end of said curved portion being welded tothe 50 adjacent portion of said flange of the hinge butt, and a platesecured tothe curved portionof each of said legs, said plates serving toclose the cor-- ner openings of said frame adjacent the ends of Keluding a hinge butt member having an outwardly projecting flange, saidflange engaging the upper portion of a cooperating door pivotallyassociated with said frame, and an angular member secured to said hingebutt and forming the sides and bottom of the frame, said angular memberhaving a leg adapted to be secured to side and bottom sheets of a hopperand terminating in an outwardly projecting portion affording with theflange of said ihinge butt a sealing flange for cooperating with thesaid door, the opposite ends of said outwardly projecting flange beingnotched inwardly of adjacent portions of said angular member, saidsealing flange being severed from said leg adjacent the upper portionsthereof and being curved inwardly adjacent the upper corners of theframe, the inner ends of said curved portions being butt welded to thenotched ends of said flange of the hinge butt to provide the frame witha continuous flange, said flange having rounded corners for cooperatingwith the correspondingly formed portions of said associated door.

3. A door frame for the .hopperof a railway car including an upper hingebutt member having an outwardly projecting flange, and a rolled angularmember secured to said hinge but forming the sidesand bottom of the doorframe, said member having a leg adapted to be secured to the side andbottom sheets -.of ahopper vandters minating in an outwardly projectingportion af-, fording a door sealing flange, said rolled memher beingbent at points corresponding to the lower corners of the door frame andhaving rounded lower corners, said sealing flange being severed,fromsaid leg adjacent the opposite ends thereof and being curvedinwardly to provide the frame with rounded upper corners, theinner endsof said curvedportions of the leg being respectively welded to adjacentportions of said flange of the hinge butt, and means underlying a curvedportion .of said sealing flange for closing an .opening adjacent the endof the hinge butt, said means being secured to the said hinge butt andto the curved ,portion of said sealing flange.

WILLIAM E. WINE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:'

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,206,938 Campbell July 9, 1940

